Trump
Lawyer Asked Judge
to Confirm or Deny
Was Mentor to
Carroll Counsel
Who Says No
By Matthew Russell
Lee Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 30 – The business day
after the verdict against
Donald Trump for $83.3 million
in mostly punitive damages to
E. Jean Carroll, Trump's
lawyer wrote to the judge that
"defense counsel learned for
the first time of allegations
that Your Honor, while a
partner at the Paul Weiss
firm, had a “mentor” type
relationship with Plaintiff’s
lead counsel, Roberta Kaplan."
Alina Habba
concluded, "this Court should
provide defense counsel with
all of the relevant facts. At
a minimum, this information
could certainly prove relevant
to President Trump’s
forthcoming Rule 59 motion."
Letter on Patreon here.
On January 30
Roberta Kaplan replied that
"our overlap at Paul, Weiss
was less than two years.
During that relatively brief
period more than thirty years
ago, I do remember the Paul,
Weiss partners with whom I
worked and none of them was
Your Honor. More specifically,
I have no recollection from
that time period of ever
interacting with Your Honor on
a case, participating with
Your Honor in a client or
case-related meeting, or
attending a court proceeding
with Your Honor. In fact, I
remember no direct interaction
from that time period with
Your Honor at all." Letter on
Patreon here.
On January 29 a
very first book was published
about the trial and what it
might mean:
"Trump Trial II:
Punitive Damages and Vow to
Appeal: From the SDNY Trial to
the 2024 Trail," by Matthew
Russell Lee - Ebook here (with audiobook and
paperback coming).
The book
concludes:
Jury
entering! Judge Kaplan:
Please hand the verdict to
Andy... Thank you. Clerk will
read the verdict
Andy: Did Ms. Carroll prove,
by a preponderance of the
evidence, that Ms. Carroll
suffered more than nominal
damages as a result of Mr.
Trump’s publication of the
June 21 and June 22, 2019
statements? Answer
Yes.
Andy (clerk): 7.3
million... 11 million...
punitives: $65
million
Judge Kaplan;
Members of the jury, If
you wish to speak after the
verdict - I order you not to
disclose the names of any
other juror, and I advise you
not to disclose your own
name. Judge
Kaplan: Any other
business?
Ms. Habba: I
would just like to thank the
court staff
Kurt Wheelock,
still banned from the UN in
contravention of press freedom
and the First Amendment,
couldn't help thinking of that
day's International Court of
Justice decision....
Kurt would
go from the trial to the
trail. Watch this
site / platform / feed
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